NYSC Flays Decrepit Orientation Camp In Abia, Calls For Intervention

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has called for urgent rehabilitation of its permanent orientation camp in Abia State.

Dr Gift Candida, the Assistant Director, Human Resources of Abia NYSC office made this call while delivering the lecture titled “Five Decades of Fostering National Unity and Development” during the NYSC @50 celebration in the state.

She appealed to the Abia State Government, corporate bodies and able individuals in the State to assist the NYSC in the provision of needed infrastructure in the permanent site and Umunna, Bende LGA and NYSC State office in Umuahia.

She also said that many employers found it hard to pay corps members’ allowances or provide accommodation for them.

She listed some of the achievements of NYSC in the country to include agricultural and educational development, healthcare delivery, unity, skills acquisition and sanitation of host areas.

In her own address, Abia State Coordinator of NYSC, Mrs Dick Ufuoma-Iruenabere, complained about decaying infrastructure at the scheme’s permanent site in Umunna Bende LGA, which she said has been under erosion menace.

Iruenabere listed the areas affected in the permanent camp to include the parade ground, hostel and staff quarters and appealed to the Abia State Government and corporate organizations to come to their aid.

“Immediate intervention is needed to implement erosion control measures to prevent further damage to the camp’s infrastructure”, she appealed.